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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maria judge herself against?
(a) Nathan's mistresses.
(b) Celebrities in magazines.
(c) Nathan's ex-wives.
(d) Nathan's fiction.

2. Who is Maria's daughter?
(a) Layla.
(b) Maddie.
(c) Bailey.
(d) Phoebe.

3. What is Nathan berated for by a Hebrew student?
(a) Having visited Israel only twice.
(b) Having never been to Israel before.
(c) His writing.
(d) His lack of communication.

4. What does Henry find surprising about Maria?
(a) Maria is Jewish.
(b) Maria celebrate Hanukah.
(c) Maria is German.
(d) Maria celebrates Christmas.

5. Who suggests going to an area where Arabs and Jews live peacefully?
(a) Lippman.
(b) Henry.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Shuki.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Henry go to Israel?

2. What is Nathan shocked to realize about Henry?

3. Who is Maria?

4. What does Lippman show Nathan when they speak?

5. What does Henry feel without his children near?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the conversation between Nathan and Henry's daughter.

2. Why does Nathan want to be married to Maria?

3. What does Nathan believe to be the reasons for Henry's death?

4. What is Henry's behavior when he goes on a walk with Nathan?

5. What is the Wailing Wall? What are Nathan's thoughts about it?

6. Who is Nathan? What happens when Henry tries to get in touch with Nathan?

7. What do Nathan and Henry discuss after dinner at Lippman's?

8. What are Shuki's thoughts on Nathan meeting Lippman?

9. What are Nathan's thoughts during Henry's funeral?

10. Discuss the eulogy Carol gives at Henry's funeral.

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